The following article by Cody Fenwick was posted on the AlterNet website May 11, 2018:
Many people warned against Trump’s decision to violate the Iran deal.
Iran already redirected its cyberwarfare tactics within a day of President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would no longer abide by the multilateral agreement meant to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, according to a new report from the New York Times. These moves could foreshadow increasing tensions between the two countries in the wake of the destruction of the deal, as many had warned.
Reporter Nicole Perlroth found that the security firm CrowdStrike reported an increase in Iranian cyberattacks targeting diplomats of American allies following the announcement. These attacks included sending malware to “diplomats who work in the foreign affairs offices of United States allies and employees at telecommunications companies in an attempt to infiltrate their computer systems,” the report said. Continue reading “Trump May Have Already Triggered a Cyberwar with Iran: Report”